Handed

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Adjective

handed

  1. With hands joined; hand in hand.
    ’’’Quotations’’’
    • Into their inmost bower, Handed they went. - Milton
  2. Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
    ’’’Quotations’’’
    • As poisonous tongued as handed - Shakespeare, Cymbeline, III-ii

Derived terms

"Handed" is used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) hands; as,

  • bloody-handed
  • free-handed
  • heavy-handed
  • left-handed
  • single-handed
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